AST

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

ATCC

American Type Culture Collection

BA

Blood agar

BHS

Beta haemolytic Streptococci

BSC II

Biosafety Cabinet Class two.

BSL

Biosafety Level

BMS

Biomedical Scientist

CA

Chocolate agar

CO2

Carbon Dioxide

CoNS

Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus

GNB

Gram Negative Bacilli

H&S

Health and Safety

ID

Identification

IQC

Internal Quality Control

LIS

Laboratory Information System

MAC

MacConkey

MDRO

Multidrug Resistant Organism

MRSA

Methicillin Resistant Staph. Aureus

MTZ

Metronidazole disk

O2

Oxygen

SOP

Standard operating procedure

XLD

Xylose Lysine Deoxycholate Agar